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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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